~~~i'm going to go with the subject line here... the end siren noise on 'vertigogo' does not in any way impact my enjoyment of that song; however, it did make me look in my rearview mirror with a jolt when i would drive for quite some time after getting the album. each time i'd think 'd'oh!' i just thought i'd get used to it or remember it was coming. but, no. jocelyn --- "Durben, Steven" wrote: > The other day I was listening to Eric Voek's > "Sand Box". Anyway, I've > owned it for a long time and like it a lot but I > don't listen to it very > often. While playing it, it FINALLY hit me why I so > seldom put it on. The > first song is called "My Dentist" and the disc > starts out with the sound of > a dentist drill. Horror of horrors! It occurred to > me how negative of an > impact that sound has on my subsequent enjoyment of > the actual song. I > mean, I always knew the sound made me cringe when I > listened to it but I > think it even had a bigger and unknown effect on my > rarely even considering > playing the disc. As a kid, having a love of sweets > and a Dentist that > didn't use Novocain surely adds to it's wallop on > me. : ) > > Anyone else have negative reactions to "sound > effects" that hurt their > enjoyment of an otherwise enjoyable song or disc.... > > > Best, Steve > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com